Facilities

NC Supplier Shipping Conveyor/Elevator Lines to Royal Australian Mint

Gough Econ, Inc., Charlotte, NC, is supplying three of its Elecon bi-axial conveyor and elevator systems to the Royal Australian Mint to convey blanks and coins, without any loss, from a counter in batches to help modernize its automation system serving a line of 13 stamping presses. Besides striking coins, the mint also manufactures medals, seals and tokens. One of the new lines will deliver blanks to the presses, and two others will feed finished coins to the packaging facility. The bucket elevators will include 9-in.-wide buckets with a capacity of 200 cubic ft./hr.